Elon Musk plans to make new X users pay to post for the first three months
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 -- Tech mogul Elon Musk has plans to charge new X (formerly Twitter) users a 'small fee' before they post on the social media platform.
Replying to a thread by X Daily News on Tuesday, Musk said the measure is necessary to prevent bot accounts from flooding the social media platform.
"Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.
"Current AI (and troll farms) can pass 'are you a bot' with ease," Musk wrote, referring to tools like CAPTCHA.
"The onslaught of fake accounts also uses up the available namespace, so many good handles are taken as a result," he added.
Musk, however, said that the new users will be able to post for free after three month...
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